(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
abstruse
abstruse
adj
(obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret.
Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abstruseness
abstruseness
noun
The property of being abstruse; abstrusity.
abstrusenesses
abstrusenesses
noun
plural of abstruseness
abstruser
abstruser
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
abstrusest
abstrusest
adj
(rare) superlative form of abstruse: most abstruse
abstrusities
abstrusities
noun
plural of abstrusity
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
abtruse
abutter
abutter
noun
One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.
abutters
abutters
noun
plural of abutter
acanthocereus
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acanthuridae
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
acciaccature
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
accordature
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accountrement
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutered
accoutered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accouter
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accouters
accouters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accouter
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accoutred
accoutred
adj
Provided with vital supplies for a precise aim, more specifically for the armed forces.
Supplied with essential equipments for a certain intention, particularly military.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoutre
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accoutres
accoutres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre
accruement
accruement
noun
The act of accruing.
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
acculturate
acculturate
verb
(intransitive) To be changed by acculturation.
(transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth.
(transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.
acculturated
acculturated
adj
accustomed to; familiar with
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturate
acculturates
acculturates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate
acculturative
acculturative
adj
That which produces acculturation.
acculturize
acculturize
verb
Synonym of acculturate
acculturized
acculturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturize
accurate
accurate
adj
(obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
accurately
accurately
adv
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accuratenesses
accusatrixes
aceanthrenequinone
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
aceratherium
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
acetabular
acetabular
adj
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.
Related to the acetabulum.
acetabularia
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetonurometer
aceturic
acetylbiuret
acetylenediurein
acetylfluoride
acetylurea
acoumeter
acoumeter
noun
(physics) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acounter
acouometer
acousticolateral
acousticolateral
adj
Relating to, or connecting the inner ear and the lateral line of fish
acoustoelectric
acoustoelectric
adj
Of or pertaining to electroacoustics
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
acraturesis
acritude
acritude
noun
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
acrocontracture
acrocontracture
noun
(pathology) contracture of the joints of the hands or feet
acroteleutic
acroteleutic
noun
(obsolete, Christianity) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
acrotrophoneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinoneuritis
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
acture
acture
noun
(obsolete) Action.
acturience
acturience
noun
tendency or impulse to act
acupuncture
acupuncture
noun
The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acurative
acusector
acuter
acuter
adj
comparative form of acute: more acute
acutograve
adelarthrosomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adiathermanous
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjudicature
adjudicature
noun
An act of adjudication; a judgment.
adjuster
adjuster
noun
One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
adjusters
adjusters
noun
plural of adjuster
adjustores
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
admixture
admixture
noun
(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
A mixture, in some contexts
An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adoretus
adrestus
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adulatress
adulatress
noun
(archaic) A female adulator.
adulter
adulter
noun
An adulterer, especially a male one.
verb
To commit adultery.
To pollute something; to adulterate.
adulterant
adulterant
noun
That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
adulterants
adulterants
noun
plural of adulterant
adulterate
adulterate
adj
Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
Tending to commit adultery; relating to or being the product of adultery; adulterous.
verb
(intransitive, also figuratively, archaic) To commit adultery.
(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).
(transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
(transitive, archaic) To commit adultery with (someone).
(transitive, archaic) To defile (someone) by adultery.
adulterated
adulterated
adj
Mixed with impurities
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adulterate
adulterately
adulterately
adv
In an adulterate manner.
adulterateness
adulterateness
noun
The state or quality of being adulterate.
adulterates
adulterates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adulterate
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adulterations
adulterations
noun
plural of adulteration
adulterator
adulterator
noun
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
adulterators
adulterators
noun
plural of adulterator
adulterer
adulterer
noun
A male adulterer specifically, opposite adulteress referring to female ones.
One who commits adultery: a spouse who has sex with a non-spouse
adulterers
adulterers
noun
plural of adulterer
adulteress
adulteress
noun
A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
adulteresses
adulteresses
noun
plural of adulteress
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
adulterously
adulterously
adv
In an adulterous manner.
adulterousness
adulterousness
noun
A state of being adulterous.
adultery
adultery
noun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.